Notice of Primary Language Services for Board of Education Agendas and Meetings. An oral translation of any posted Board of Education agenda notice may be obtained by contacting Blanche Ramirez, Office of the Superintendent at (760) 771-8503.

Any person may request that the assistance of a Spanish language translator be provided at a Board of Education meeting. Requests for translation must be made 30 hours prior to the commencement of Regular Board meetings and 8 hours prior to the commencement of Special Board meetings. To request such translation, please contact the District Translator, Adriana Gauto, in the State and Federal Programs Office (760) 771-8607 and provide your name, telephone number, and the agenda item(s) you desire to be translated.

PROCEDURES DURING MEETING. Policy #9323 (2/06/01). Adequate Information to Precede Actions--Oral Communications, Petitions, Delegations: Except in emergencies, the Board shall not attempt to decide upon any questions before examining and evaluating any information any person requests the Board to consider. The Superintendent shall be given an opportunity to examine and to evaluate all such information and recommend actions before the Board attempts to make a decision. This policy shall apply to petitions, correspondence and delegations as well.

BOARD MATERIAL is available in the Superintendent’s Office on the Monday afternoon preceding each regular meeting and in the Boardroom on the evening of each regular meeting should any citizen desire to review material given to the Board of Education for consideration and/or action. The agenda and its extensive background material are studied by each member of the Board for at least three days preceding the meeting. Board Members can call staff for clarification on any item, and many of the items on the agenda were discussed by the Board during previous meetings. These procedures enable the Board to act more effectively on agenda items than would otherwise be possible.

AUDIO RECORDING may be made at any Board meeting, as indicated in Policy #9324 (4/21/98). The recorder shall be placed in plain view of all persons present, insofar as possible.

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE FLOOR. We are pleased you can be with us at this meeting, and hope you will return often. Your visit assures us of continuing community interest in our schools. In accordance with Policy #9323 (2/06/01) time is reserved for oral communications by citizens present. Citizens wishing to be heard on agenda items shall have a three-minute limit on each item or non-agenda item and should indicate their intention at this time. The total amount of time for the public on any such matter shall be limited to ten (10) minutes. Those wishing to make a formal presentation to the Board may do so during the Conference Item section of the Agenda. In accordance with the law, decisions of the Board cannot be made on any matter not previously published before the board meeting as indicated in Policy #9323.2 (9/19/00). However, at its discretion the Board may refer items to the staff for follow-up or place topics on a future board meeting.

1. Discuss and take action on student Admission Cases, Reinstatements, Stipulated Expulsion Orders, and Expulsions as listed on the consent items and presented to the Board of Education from the Child Welfare and Attendance office. (D)(V)

Every reasonable effort will be made to accommodate participation of the disabled in all of the District's public meetings. If particular accommodations for the disabled are needed (i.e., disability-related aids, or other services), please contact the Superintendent’s Office at 760-771-8503 at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.

Public inspection of agenda documents that have been distributed to the Board less than 72 hours before the meeting, will be made available at the Education Center, 47-950 Dune Palms Road and, when feasible, attached to the agenda item on the District's online agenda at http://dsusd.csbaagendaonline.net (Government Code 54957.5)